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Lance Archer

Nickname: American Psycho; The Ticked Off Texan; The Murderhawk Monster

Height: 6' 8"

Weight: 270 lbs.

From: Hearne, TX

Birthday: Feb 28th

Pro Debut: July 2000

Aliases: Breakdown, Dallas, Lance Hoyt, Lance Rock, Lance Steele, Shadow, Vance Archer

Feds Worked For: AEW, ECW, GFW, IWR, NWA, NWA-OK, NWA-TNA, NWA-TXO, ROH, TNA, UWF06, WCR, WWE, 1 Pro Wrestling (England), All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Anarchy Championship Wrestling (TX), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (Mexico), Battleground Championship Wrestling (PA), Bayou Independent Wrestling (LA), Capital City Championship Combat (Canada), Carolina Wrestling Federation Mid-Atlantic (NC), Championship Wrestling From Memphis (TN), CHIKARA, DEFY Wrestling (WA), Destiny World Wrestling (Canada), Elite Championship Wrestling (LA), Fighting Spirit Federation (France), Fighting Worlds Promotions (TX), First Class Championship Wrestling (GA), Florida Championship Wrestling (FL), Future Stars of Wrestling (NV), Game Changer Wrestling, Gippsland Pro Wrestling (Australia), Hart Legacy Wrestling (Canada), Heavy On Wrestling (MN/WI), House of Hardcore, Iconic Heroes Of Wrestling Excellence (TX), Insane Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment (TX), Inspire Pro Wrestling (TX), International Wrestling Federation (AZ), Jersey All Pro Wrestling (NJ), KAIENTAI DOJO (Japan), Lions Pride Sports (TX), Lone Star Championship Wrestling (TX), Metroplex Wrestling (TX), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), New Wrestling Star (Puerto Rico), North American Wrestling Allegiance (TX), NWA Ark-La-Tx (AR/LA/TX), NWA Branded Outlaw Wrestling (TX), NWA Houston (TX), NWA Lone Star (TX), NWA Mid-South (TN), NWA Smoky Mountain (TN), NWA Southwest (TX), NWA World Class Championship Wrestling (TX), One Pro Wrestling (England), Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling (PA), Premiere Wrestling Xperience (NC), Pro Wrestling NOAH (Japan), Pro Wrestling Religion (TX), Pro Wrestling Syndicate (NJ), Professional Championship Wrestling (TX), Reality of Wrestling (TX), Revolution Pro Wrestling (England), Revolution Wrestling (IL), River City Wrestling (TX), Ruthless World Entertainment (Australia), Texoma Pro Wrestling (TX), Total Championship Wrestling (TX), Traditional Championship (AR/MO/MS/TN), Universal Championship Wrestling (GA), VIP Wrestling (TX), Warrior Wrestling (IL). WildKat Pro Wrestling (LA), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico), Wrecking Ball Wrestling (TX), WrestleCircus (TX), WrestlePro (NJ), Wrestling Revolver (TX)

Finisher: Texas Tornado Slam (F5), Blackout (Inverted Crucifix Powerbomb), Boot from Hell (Running Big Boot)

Signature Moves: Scoop Lift into Inverted DDT, Backbreaker, Belly-To-Belly Suplex, Chokeslam, DDT, Diving Clothesline, Fallaway Slam, German Suplex, Moonsault, Neckbreaker, Pumphandle Slam, Sidewalk Slam, Vertical Suplex

Career Highlights: -GHC Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Davey Boy Smith, Jr.)
-GPW Champion
-HOW Undisputed Champion
-IWGP Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ Davey Boy Smith, Jr.)
-IWGP United States Champion (2x)
-LPS Champion
-NWA Texas Champion
-NWA World Tag Team Champion (4x; 2 each w/ Kid Kash and Davey Boy Smith, Jr.)
-PCW Champion (3x)
-PCW Tag Team Champion (w/ Wally Darkmon)
-PCW Television Champion
-PWR Champion
-Traditional Championship Wrestling Champion
-WWC Universal Champion

Affiliates: Wally Darkmon, R-Truth, Jim Cornette, Davey Boy Smith, Jr., Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Jimmy Rave, Takashi Iizuka, El Desperado, Shelton Benjamin, Curt Hawkins, Kid Kash, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Christy Hemme, Jake Roberts, Alex Zayne, The Righteous

Notable Feuds: Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Yuji Nagata, MAYBACH Taniguchi, Toru Yano, Naomichi Marufuji, Mr. Texas/Hernandez, Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone, Chris Sabin, Eric Young, Homicide, Raymond Rowe, Alex Shelley

Other Facts: -Cousin of pro wrestler Kid Kash
-Has trained Angel Blue and Matthew Palmer for pro wrestling
-Former member of The Dark Circle
-Current member of Suzuki-gun (AKA The Suzuki Army)
-Current member of Voodoo Murders
-Ranked #273 in the 2004 PWI 500 (as Dallas)
-Ranked #156 in the 2005 PWI 500 (as Lance Hoyt)
-Ranked #276 in the 2006 PWI 500 (as Lance Hoyt)
-Ranked #159 in the 2007 PWI 500 (as Lance Hoyt)
-Ranked #150 in the 2008 PWI 500 (as Lance Hoyt)
-Ranked #195 in the 2009 PWI 500 (as Vance Archer)
-Ranked #168 in the 2010 PWI 500 (as Vance Archer)
-Ranked #267 in the 2012 PWI 500
-Ranked #95 in the 2013 PWI 500
-Ranked #112 in the 2014 PWI 500
-Ranked #92 in the 2015 PWI 500
-Ranked #101 in the 2016 PWI 500
-Ranked #354 in the 2017 PWI 500
-Ranked #246 in the 2018 PWI 500
-Ranked #282 in the 2019 PWI 500
-Ranked #59 in the 2020 PWI 500
-Ranked #104 in the 2021 PWI 500
-Ranked #157 in the 2022 PWI 500
-Ranked #230 in the 2023 PWI 500